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I have to say I struggled slightly this week especially with the top right hand corner. I had to Google the Preminger film. Favourites this week were 14, 16, 19, 23 and 25ac, 1, 3, 5, 13 and 15dn.

Big thank you to Everyman for making my brain work harder than usual.

Across

1.

Old lady tucked into wicked things, this being a feast day? (9)

CANDLEMAS

MA in CANDLES(wicked things!)

6.

Dissident bishop in part of film (5)

REBEL

B in REEL

9.

Raised saw made more modern (7)

UPDATED

UP+DATED[saw, as in going out with somebody]

10.

Second name on it initially stumped worker (7)

INSTANT

(N after[on] I(t))+ST(stumped)+ANT

11.

Swear remedy must involve sulphur (5)

CURSE

S in CURE

12.

Relaxed call, we might deduce? (4,4)

LAID BACK

pun on ‘DIAL'[call] reversed, i.e. LAID back…

14.

Easy pickings, since elderly guy is after brass (5,3,3,4)

MONEY FOR OLD ROPE

(FOR[since]+OLD+ROPE[guy]) after MONEY

16.

Appear to score and fulfil an obligation (4,2,2,7)

COME UP TO SCRATCH

COME UP+TO+SCRATCH

19.

Cinema broadcast shows nervous wrens meeting slippery character (8)

NEWSREEL

(WRENS*)+EEL

20.

Confined to school, some cheating at Edmonton (5)

GATED

hidden: cheatinG AT EDmonton

23.

Design style redcoat ordered (3,4)

ART DECO

(REDCOAT)*

24.

Identical costume (7)

UNIFORM

dd

25.

Painter meant to be different (5)

MANET

(MEANT)*

26.

One’s mood following onset of deadly viral illness (9)

DISTEMPER

(I’S TEMPER) after D(eadly)

…

Down

1.

They’re proverbially poor children supported by posh children in organised crime (6,4)

CHURCH MICE

CH+U[posh, Upper class]+(CH in (CRIME*))

2.

Lowest point in drain in need of repair (5)

NADIR

(DRAIN)*

3.

Draw left good swimmer last in relay (7)

LOTTERY

L+OTTER+(rela)Y

4.

Conventional place of refuge? (6-2-3-4)

MIDDLE-OF-THE-ROAD

dd

5.

Flying solo, first up – is it in a famous plane? (6,2,2,5)

SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS

(SOLO, FIRST UP – IS IT)* & lit.

6.

Became hostile, friend in Preminger film (7)

ROSEBUD

ROSE+BUD

7.

Fight involving cattle station that is to diversify (6,3)

BRANCH OUT

BOUT around RANCH

8.

Departed behind schedule (4)

LATE

dd

13.

Ambassador, in December, somehow produces a delicacy (5-2-3)

BECHE-DE-MER

HE[ambassador] in (DECEMBER*)

15.

A political address? (6,3)

NUMBER TEN

cd

17.

Dirty seat over in a Parisian street (7)

UNSWEPT

(PEW<) in (UN[‘a’ in French]+ST)

18.

I’m great playing Scott Joplin music (7)

RAGTIME

(I’M GREAT)*

21.

Miserable time for returning flock (5)

TROOP

(POOR+T)<

22.

Motorway below remote croft (4)

FARM

FAR+M

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Thanks, Lorraine. BECHE-DE-MER a new one for me too, but it was clearly signposted, so as Robi said, it yielded in the end. I too liked CANDLEMAS: ‘wicked’ has been used before, of course, but it’s always misleading.

Thanks too to Everyman.

[BTW, Lorraine, it was 10th March in my time zone when I solved this …]

Folks…i was not surprised to note this but still one cannot help gasping when one sees it with ones own eyes…this crossword figured in today’s(may 5 ’13 Sunday) “The Hindu” – a newspaper that may south indians read – and keep track of for…yes the crossword – at least i do.
I came looking for the “money for old dope” clue (honestly i got most of the rest without much help – getting used to these cryptic ones slowly :-))…

Needless to say any more – this puzzle is a few months old already on the net!
The solution too and per unwritten rule… duly copied from here (this site) to another similarly-intended blog…
Much runs around here under the cut-copy-paste principle…after all we believe in reusing many times after creating once…

:-))))
have you all a good weekend.

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